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User:Masafumi Hidaka
Masafumi Hidaka is a postdoctoral fellow in the Laboratory of Enzymology at Department of Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo. He received his Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo in 2005, under the supervision of Prof. Hirofumi Shoun. He joined the group of Dr. Motomitsu Kitaoka as a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research fellow (2005-2008). Subsequently, he moved to the University of Tokyo to join the group of Dr. Shinya Fushinobu (2008-). His research interests are the structural insights into mechanism of enzymatic reaction. He has determined the crystal structures of
- GH8 reducing-end-xylose releasing exo-oligoxylanase
- GH42 β-galactosidase
- GH94 chitobiose phosphorylase and cellobiose phosphorylase
- GH112 β-1,3-D-galactosyl-D-hexososamine phosphorylase